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Joe Lipsett

Joe Lipsett

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Toronto, ON, Canada

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Amityville Backpack (2024) 0.5/5 “Anything involving the bag is great; anything revolving around a human being, on the other hand, is insufferable and drawn out...the movie’s lack of editing makes it feel endless.” – Bloody Disgusting Jan 24, 2025 Full Review We Kill Them All (2025) 2.5/5 “The dialogue from the antagonists and the scenarios is quite repetitive and the messaging about queer identity & agency is...messy. Proceed with caution.” – Horror Queers Podcast Jan 24, 2025 Full Review September 5 (2024) 92% 4.5/5 “A taunt thriller about 50 year old events that is still incredibly relevant and prescient, particularly for how live news is handled and what journalistic responsibility means. The editing and production design are sublime. One of the year's best ” – Murder Made Fiction Podcast - Bloody Disgusting Jan 23, 2025 Full Review Brain Damage (1988) 69% 4/5 “An absolutely delightful (and exceedingly gay!) exploitation film about a boy, the girl who won't abandon him, and the parasite that wants to suck him dry. For a first foray into Frank Henenlotter's oeuvre, this one has the juice.” – Horror Queers Podcast Jan 22, 2025 Full Review A Kill for a Kill (2025) 2.5/5 “Despite adopting a clever contemporary spin on Highsmith and Hitch’s familiar story and featuring enjoyable performances from Jacobs, Pipes, and Cartwright, A Kill for a Kill never quite reaches its potential.” – Bloody Disgusting Jan 22, 2025 Full Review Bloody Axe Wound (2024) 20% 3.5/5 “A fun meta horror comedy with a pair of charming (queer) leads. The supernatural elements, including the video store and the yearbook, don't make any sense and feel like a hold-over from a previous draft of the screenplay. ” – Horror Queers Podcast Jan 21, 2025 Full Review Windows (1980) 20% 3.5/5 “Released at an extremely contentious period for queer representation in film, Windows struggles from being both an exploitation film and a classy thriller. The film is visually gorgeous, though and Ashley delivers an iconic queer villain performance” – Horror Queers Podcast Jan 17, 2025 Full Review Supernova (2000) 11% 2.5/5 “Problems plagued the production and it shows: there's no characterization, scenes are edited within an inch of their life, and characters disappear for long stretches. Still, the cast is great, the actors are all game and the movie is entertainingly horny” – Horror Queers Podcast Jan 14, 2025 Full Review Babygirl (2024) 76% 3.5/5 “Babygirl is another strong showcase for Kidman, who has a knack for playing messy, complicated women of a certain age. Her chemistry with Dickinson is solid, though everyone calling this an Erotic Thriller needs a refresher on the definition” – Anatomy of a Scream Podcast Network Jan 14, 2025 Full Review Amityville Turkey Day (2024) 1/5 “Sadly, Amityville Turkey Day is cooked almost from the jump due to poor acting, thin characterizations, and a ridiculously inept script [but] whenever the film cedes the screen to its poultry antagonist, [it] completely comes alive.” – Bloody Disgusting Jan 10, 2025 Full Review Grindhouse Presents: Death Proof (2007) 67% 4/5 “While not all of the female characters are fully fleshed out, the feminist message in Tarantino's car chase movie is impossible to overlook, especially with that satisfying and cathartic final freeze frame.” – Horror Queers Podcast Jan 9, 2025 Full Review Eastern Promises (2007) 89% 3.5/5 “Viggo's second collaboration with Cronenberg doesn't have the same juice as A History of Violence and the story would have benefitted from exploring the Krill character more, but the naked bath fight is a keeper!” – Anatomy of a Scream Podcast Network Jan 2, 2025 Full Review Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman (2021) 0% 2/5 “Murray is out of his depth in this period-inaccurate film with a slippery approach to real life events. The misogyny is overdone, but the climactic sorority house attack is appropriately harrowing.” – Murder Made Fiction Podcast - Bloody Disgusting Dec 31, 2024 Full Review The Order (2024) 92% 3.5/5 “Jude Law's character is too familiar (cop whose determination to solve the case is slowly killing him), The Order's relevance feels sadly more timely than ever. Featuring solid supporting turns from Sheridan and Smollett, this is well done” – Murder Made Fiction Podcast - Bloody Disgusting Dec 30, 2024 Full Review Nosferatu (2024) 85% 4/5 “Technically astounding and emotionally inert. Hard to fault the production, but this mostly just makes you want to watch the 1992 film Bram Stoker's Dracula.” – Horror Queers Podcast Dec 27, 2024 Full Review Terrifier 3 (2024) 78% 3.5/5 “While 2 remains the benchmark to beat, Terrifier 3 proves there's plenty of life left in David Howard Thorton's Art the Clown and the Christmas debauchery is extremely, extremely welcome (particularly the chainsaw scene)” – Horror Queers Podcast Dec 25, 2024 Full Review Woman of the Hour (2023) 91% 3.5/5 “Kendrick's directorial debut is assured and, in one incredibly evocative scene, harrowing. The split narrative distracts slightly from the story, but the film feels timely Zovatto is appropriately menacing.” – Murder Made Fiction Podcast - Bloody Disgusting Dec 24, 2024 Full Review Amityville Bigfoot (2024) 0.5/5 “While there are brief glimmers of comedy that works, and some of the deaths are surprisingly effective, these tolerable moments are few and far between” – Bloody Disgusting Dec 24, 2024 Full Review Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1965) 83% 4/5 “Bette Davis turns in another empathetic performance as a damaged Southern belle and de Havilland should play more villains because Hush...Hush is a hoot and a half.” – Horror Queers Podcast Dec 20, 2024 Full Review The Substance (2024) 89% 4.5/5 “Fargeat's sophomore feature is blunt and lacks subtlety, but that's exactly the point of this raging feminist take on beauty standards in the entertainment industry. Features exceptional turns by both Moore and Qualley as well as amazing editing” – Horror Queers Podcast Dec 20, 2024 Full Review I Saw the TV Glow (2024) 84% 3.5/5 “Schoenbrun provides multiple access points for audiences to latch onto (trans identity, music, 90s nostalgia), but it's stars Smith and Lundy-Paine who provide the devastating emotional wallop of a life lived unrealized” – Horror Queers Podcast Dec 17, 2024 Full Review Red Rooms (2023) 95% 4.5/5 “Juliette Gariépy is magnetic as an unknowable protagonist in a film that warns about obsessing over true crime. By refusing to provide catharsis and closure, however, director Plante doesn't pass judgement in this cold, clinical thriller” – Anatomy of a Scream Podcast Network Dec 17, 2024 Full Review Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019) 54% 2/5 “Efron does an admirable job, but Berlinger’s film - told through the lens of a frustrated girlfriend - sanitizes the reputation of a notorious monster” – Murder Made Fiction Podcast - Bloody Disgusting Dec 17, 2024 Full Review The Phantom of the Opera (2004) 33% 2/5 “Highly watchable despite the bloated runtime and surprising lack of character development. Driver is a gem as a diva and Rossum makes a strong impression, but Butler's "sexy" Phantom sinks the whole enterprise. Plus: he can't sing!” – Horror Queers Podcast Dec 11, 2024 Full Review Cuckoo (2024) 79% 4/5 “Featuring homages aplenty, several tense sequences, a butch lesbian romance, and a few perplexing mysteries, Cuckoo stands out by being completely different from anything else we saw in 2024.” – Horror Queers Podcast Dec 10, 2024 Full Review
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